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About Tarana Burke
American activist from New York City
Tarana Burke is an American activist from New York City, known for starting the Me Too movement. She began the work in 2006 through a youth program for junior and high school students. Burke launched Me Too to confront the widespread sexual violence affecting her community. In 2017, #MeToo spread into a global movement after Alyssa Milano urged women to use the phrase online in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein abuse cases.
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- “I want the women I work with to find the entry point to where their healing is.”Tarana Burke
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- “I think it is selfish for me to try to frame Me Too as something that I own. It is bigger than me and bigger…”Tarana Burke
- “As a community, we create a lot of space for fighting and pushing back, but not enough for connecting and hea…”Tarana Burke
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- “They say, someone has Tommy John, they have a bad elbow. Obviously, I did, but it stems from other things.”Chris Sale
- “I couldn't care what people are saying or not saying because I have my own life. I know who I am, I know who…”Joanna Jedrzejczyk
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Books by Tarana Burke
Unbound
2021
You Are Your Best Thing
2021